quick and easy and just a little bit cute.
using hot glue gun, glue a button to the top of a large paperclip…it is a good idea to bend the paperclip before gluing so that the button does not pop off on first use!
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The Lion, the witch, the wardrobe and the sunflower…
I spent such a lovely afternoon at the theatre yesterday, in fact I have done nothing but have lovely afternoons lately.
Good old Santa left us a family treat at the bottom of our stocking, tickets to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and it was simply MAGICAL, if you get the opportunity to book and go it is well worth a visit.
The Rep, is such a small theatre, but a gem in the heart of the city. I can honestly say we were all enthralled.
and as we left in the darkness, the city held yet more delights…
and we were home in time for some snuggly hooking, the perfect end to a perfect day.
xxxxx
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Mucky pups and cotton flowers
It’s been a while since I have been able to take the dogs out just by myself, but today I got that chance…even if it was raining!
Muddy and wet, they had fun and I had some fresh air and some space…as well as two very wet, mucky pups that I had to clean.
It was grey and raining when I set out, but the blue sky toiled hard to peak out
and because it was so wet it seemed I had the whole field to myself…
and just as I started home, that blue sky began to break through
the abandoned nest in the bare tree got me thinking about the spring, and so…
Out came the cotton and my trusty hook, once the dogs were cleaned and settled,
and I began to create spring a little early.
xxxxx
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Poppies
You may remember this poppy from last year…unfortunately, I don’t have any time to hook any this year, but maybe you do… here is the link to last years post which contains the pattern details.
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tree house pimping…
Whilst there has been so much going on, to include my computer being at near death, I have managed a little pimping of the tree house…
- African flower garland
now to get this computer resuscitated and I will be able to post once again!!
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classroom cushions
It’s that time of year…thinking of suitable teachers gifts. This year I have both my summer and autumn robin moving to secondary school, so I wanted to gift their teachers something special…
Well you might have known it would be something yarny!… isn’t it just lovely, a glorious blooming flower cushion for the classroom, made in their favourite colour-ways of course.
This one reminds me of the ripples in a pool…and then there is the pretty purple petals cushion
I chose to fill these cushions with 12″ feather cushion fillers which gives these classroom cushions a real plumpness which will last. With my new lounge almost at decorating stage I think that there will be more cushions coming off my hook very soon.
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Blooming Joyful…
How fun is this?….
I’m getting so much joy from hooking up this absolutely lovely pattern…that I just had to share it with you all before it’s even finished. You will have guessed that it is another from Attic 24…the linky thing is just here.
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self soothing!
With a huge sigh… I have finished my assignment and therefore my course…full of self doubt but clinging to my battered motto…BRAVE… feeling weary I felt it time to self soothe, so this is what I did…
I got my hook back out…
I created a little herb bench on the patio… I still have some lemon mint to pot up.
Planted strawberries…
planted summer tubs with hot pinks and sunny yellow trailers
I stopped…and was still and just noticed (with my camera)
and my world was a better place.
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Not a lot…but quite a bit!
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This is the sum total of my craftiness this week….not a lot. This is my poppy made just for me, being as all the previous poppies I had made for myself were oohed and aahed over and taken by my family and friends…not that I minded in the least, I take great joy from knowing that my hooking is appreciated! I did however run out of the pretty topaz glass beads for the centre, but found these little glossy black beads instead which just makes this one extra special and mine!
I did achieve quite a bit else, this week saw my interview for my Return to Nursing Practice which was on Thursday. After much of the week re teaching myself fractions and how to do long division and multiplication of decimals (yawn, yawn) I took my numeracy and literacy tests and successfully got through the gruelling interview and so start this new and daunting journey on the 13th January 2015! (cue angelic hosts singing Hallelujah!!)
I hope to make progress this coming week on my own pattern and who knows maybe even finish it so that I can share it with you in time for Christmas.
If you have not read all about the Leibster Award, please take a peek just here, I have 10 nominations to make and if you would like me to nominate you to receive the online award, then just let me know by leaving me a comment.
Enjoy your week
xxx
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Year of Projects Progress
This week has come and gone in a flurry it now seems and I am happy to report that some progress has been made on my year of project list.
I had a lovely couple of days at the beginning of the week, catching up with friends sharing latte’s and maybe the odd cake here and there! I have enjoyed several long walks with the dogs through the autumnal leaves that are now carpeting most of the fields and parks nearby.
We also had a Parent’s evening thrown in mid week – which was a pleasure on all 3 counts I am both pleased and proud to say. Even work has come and gone quickly this week and so I find myself as I write this at the start of half term, looking forward to and easing into a long weekend (4 days) to be precise, of fun and family and no alarm clock!!!
I have some finishes to show you, if you are a regular reader you will have already seen a couple of them in the last 2 posts….
If however, you have not read the finished posts, more details on patterns and yarn can be found on these links:
Beanies
Poppies
I did manage another brain wave beanie, this time for Mr. R, who was super thrilled as he is working on a roof this coming week.
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